Archives - 05 April 2011, Tuesday

In a letter to The Straits Times Forum Page, the Ministry of Defence said the Singapore Armed Forces has completed its investigation into the case. They added that the serviceman was a recruit going through his Physical Training Preparatory phase prior to Basic Military Training.

People who regularly work long hours may be increasing their risk of heart disease, British scientists said. -- ST FILE PHOTO LONDON - PEOPLE who regularly work long hours may be significantly increasing their risk of developing heart disease, the world's biggest killer, British scien...

THE People's Action Party once considered splitting itself into two so that Singapore could have a two-party system, but in the end it never did it, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday night. The main reason, he said, was a lack of talent to form two A teams. 'We seriously ...

Marson Heng is believed to have used a laundry basket to climb up to the window. His parents said this was the first time they had left him unattended. -- PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE HENG FAMILY A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy died after he fell from the kitchen window of a fifth-storey flat when no on...

A member of the Japan Coast Guard holds a dog that was rescued from the drifting remains of a roof off the coast of Kesennuma in the Pacific Ocean. The dog was reunited with her owner after the woman saw her on a television news broadcast. -- PHOTO: AFP TOKYO - A DOG rescued from the ...

OTSUCHI (Japan) - WHEN Fujio Koshita rang the bell at Otsuchi fire station to warn the fishing village of the imminent tsunami he undoubtedly saved countless lives - but the bell also tolled for him. Residents of Otsuchi, in north-eastern Japan near the quake epicentre, vividly recall...

TOKYO - TOKYO police on Tuesday arrested two people for selling a drug they claimed would protect people from the radiation leaking from Japan's stricken nuclear plant. The pair, a 50-year-old health food trader and his 29-year-old assistant, were charged with the unlicensed sale of a...

Ong Mingwee was sentenced to seven years' jail and eight strokes of the cane for raping a 22-year-old girl he met hours earlier at a nightspot. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW ONG Mingwee was sentenced to seven years' jail and eight strokes of the cane on Tuesday for raping a 22-year-old ...

DUBAI - A 14-YEAR-OLD Arab schoolgirl has been detained on a charge of adultery for the past two weeks and forced to undergo a virginity test in the United Arab Emirates, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. Gulf News said police in the conservative emirate of Ajman had arrested the teena...

WE ARE Singaporeans has spun off from a surprisingly entertaining segment on The Noose into a full-fledged game show all about Singapore trivia. Premiering tomorrow on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, the show will see host Hossan Leong (picture) grilling contestants on their knowledge of loca...

SINGAPORE: From 5 April, 2.5 million Singaporeans will receive letters from the government informing them of the amount of Growth Dividends, CPF Medisave top-ups, Workfare and personal income tax rebates they will individually receive this year. The letter will also contain informatio...

The latest craze in China is selling little plastic key chains with live animals like fishes sealed in them. STOMPer freewilly thinks that this is inhumane and qualifies as animal abuse. The STOMPer says: "These key chains are sold at train stations. "The water in the key chain suppos...

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Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that makes it very hard to read, write and spell. For children with dyslexia, Chunky Monkey can turn into Chnuky Munky. This April 12 2011 , join Ben & Jerry’s for our Free Cone Day and donate some change to help dyslexic kids recognize their favorite...

Even those visitors not familiar with the J.K. Rowling books - a publishing phenomenon credited with introducing a new generation to reading - and the blockbuster film franchise based on them, are bound to be impressed by the artistry and detail of the more than 200 artifacts and prop...

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I believe it's PERFECTLY ok. He was not voilating any rule at all. Sitting in an open space for hours without aircon, unlike our Singapore policemen in our neighbourhood police post, can be quite tiring, boring and sleepy under such humid weather. What he did was just having some fun ...

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Stressing the chance for employees to move up the corporate ladder, McDonald's said that more than 50 per cent of its franchise owners and 75 per cent of restaurant managers started as crew. -- PHOTO: REUTERS NEW YORK - MCDONALD'S unwrapped on Monday a Big Mac-sized hiring event, sayi...

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MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is 'unique' and there will only be one 'MM', said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Tuesday night. 'You can give him any title, but he is Mr Lee Kuan Yew, he's unique,' PM Lee said at an NUS ministerial forum held at the University Cultural Centre in Kent ...

The outlet in Chinatown is one of 26 branches of the once-booming women's clothing chain. At its peak in 2008, the home-grown fashion retailer had 65 outlets across the island. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG POPULAR women's fashion retail chain This Fashion is facing a bid by a Chinese su...

is seeking candidates for the full-time position of Communication Specialist with expertise in Social Marketing to join the company’s Home Office team based in Arlington, VA. The successful candidate will assist the firm with corporate and international development communication, prov...

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A six-year-old boy reportedly falls out of a window to his death in Tampines. (Yahoo! file photo) A six-year-old boy who was left home alone for the first time fell to his death on Monday morning from his flat at Tampines Street 42. It's believed Marson Heng, a kindergarten 2 pupil, c...

She thinks she is going confirm to get pregnant after a $4k sex? What if it takes 10 times, wouldn't it cost her $40k or she expect the husband to give her discount for more tries? The fact that she resort to such measures means she treasures the relationship with this man and her dau...

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LONDON - J.K. ROWLING stirred a publishing phenomenon with her Harry Potter books. Can she do it again on the e-book market? The best-selling author is considering making the fantasy books available electronically, her London-based agent said on Monday - meaning that Potter fans may s...

MORE investors are turning to industrial properties as a result of government cooling measures in the residential market, according to a new report by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). Prices, rents and sales for industrial properties have all increased significantly, according to the CBRE fig...

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Tokyo Electric Power Co, operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, said that it had stopped leaks of contaminated water with high levels of radiation into the ocean. -- PHOTO: REUTERS TOKYO - RADIOACTIVE water stopped leaking into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's c...

In an address at the Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum on Tuesday night, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed that the People's Action Party had considered splitting itself so Singapore could have a two-party system. The following is an excerpt of his speech: A lot of people say, "can w...

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